1. Produced by the refraction (bending of waves) of light, as seen through water; such as, anaclastic curves.
2. Bending back; refracted.

anemoclastic (s), anemoclastics (pl)(adjective forms)

1. Referring to rocks that were broken by wind erosion and rounded by wind actions.
2. Particles of rocks or single crystals which have been derived from wind, weathering, and erosion.

angioclast (s), angioclasts (pl)(noun forms)

1. An obsolete term for hemostat, an agent, such as a chemical, that stops bleeding.
2. A clamplike instrument used to compress a blood vessel in order to reduce or to stop the flow of blood during surgery.

anticlastic (adjective)

Saddle-shaped, or having curvature in two opposing directions.

atmoclast (s), atmoclasts (pl)(noun forms)

A fragment of rock broken off from its place by atmospheric weathering.

atmoclastic (adjective)

In petrology, referring to a clastic rock composed of rock fragments broken by atmospheric weathering and recemented in the same pattern as the previous arrangement.

atmoclastics (pl)(noun)

1. Residual rocks that are formed in place by disintegration and decomposition with little or no rearranging.
2. A reference to the study of clastic rocks or rock fragments broken by atmospheric weathering and recemented in the same pattern as the previous arrangement.
3. The fragments of rocks that are broken off in place by atmospheric weathering and which have been recemented without rearrangement.

autoclastics (adjective)

1. Broken in place, said of rocks having a broken or brecciated (rocks with sharp-angled fragments) structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance.
2. Of rock, fragmented in place by folding due to orogenic forces when the rock is not so heavily loaded as to render it plastic.

Destruction of books, especially the Bible: Book burning is just one way of destroying books or committing biblioclasms, often ceremoniously, including one or more copies of a book or other written material during the process.

In modern times, other forms of media; such as, phonograph records, video tapes, and CDs have also been ceremoniously burned, torched, or shredded in biblioclasms. The practice is usually carried out in public, and is generally motivated by moral, religious, or political objections to the materials.